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    Porsche's New $1,700 Option: A Starter Battery

    Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09:01 AM

    In reply to Porsche's New $1,700 Option: A Starter Battery
    People don't buy Apple and Porsche products because the cost of the individual parts are "worth it."

    It is when everything has been put together that justifies the cost.

    OK, maybe "justify in one's mind and to our significant other" maybe a better term.

    In any case, we own both...and it makes us happy when we wait to buy Ramen noodles on sale:-)
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    09:31 AM

    @RainyDayInterns: I like how no matter what the situation is, people with money MUST be "overpaid, insecure idiots". You have to love the cheap ass jealous fools over at Jalopnik.
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    09:42 AM

    @imTheKing: or posers like us who buy used ones on Craigslist from those who need to "unload" because the market turned :-)
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    09:45 AM

    @RainyDayInterns: haha. Of course. Its still really irritating to see articles like this. People get so damn jealous over anything concerning money. What does the editor that wrote that on Jalopnik really care whether I own a Porsche or not. If he's pissed about his Mini Van, then go get a new job and buy a Porsche instead of writing on a blog post about what a little bitch he is.
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    10:01 AM

    @imTheKing: No, people with money don't have to be overpaid, insecure idiots. Just people who conspicuously spend it for no other reason than to impress others. You know, folks who buy gold-plated PS3s, or folks who buy race-tuned Porsches with $1700 starter batteries to drive to the market.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    07:49 AM

    In reply to Porsche's New $1,700 Option: A Starter Battery
    IIRC from an episode of Top Gear, Porsche charges you more when they deduct weight from/remove things from one of their products. Jeremy Clarkson pondered if one day someone will be walking past a Porsche dealership, and they charge him half a million pounds.
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    07:54 AM

    @GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: That's the exact reason I broke into a run when I passed the Porsche Dealership down the street from the Jacob Javitz Center. I saw that CGT sitting in the window, and I knew I had little time.
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    06:33 AM

    In reply to Porsche's New $1,700 Option: A Starter Battery
    Uh. Great. Now how about telling us what the hell this thing does compared to a normal battery, in other words, the POINT of this post, other then artificially generating traffic for your sister site?
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    That's great, but... my $5 flashlight has a handle on the bottom that flips out, and if you crank it for a few seconds you have a half hour of light. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    A 20-year battery, and a lifetime supply of ugly. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @AmishJohn: flashlights don't need to be pretty as long as they shed light on the pretty things. 20 years of no battery purchases certainly would be worth it to me, but I won't buy one to be honest. It IS a 250.00 flashlight after all. ;-) #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @Faslane's avatar is squished: Read the article. The battery only lasts 20 years if you never, ever use it. It's like my car that gets a million miles per gallon as long as the engine is never started. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @AmishJohn: oops. RTFA to me. Faslane FAIL! LOL

    cheers ;-) #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    Porsches are for cocks. Jeremy Clarkson is right on this point #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Xeno promoted this comment RT100 was starred RT100 was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @RT100: Whats the difference between a Porsche and a Cactus? With a Porsche the prick is on the inside.
    Bam! #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

    I'm so pissed at that flashlight that I wanna go cut someone with the Porsche Type 301 knives! #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    ........the battery doesn't LAST for 20 years of use...Rather, when not connected to terminals, the battery will still be able to provide power 20 years in the FUTURE as they figured out some way to eliminate erroneous power dissipation. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of bselnick bselnick
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Actually, there is a mechanically actuated membrane that separates the electrolytes until needed. This membrane is what gives the battery a 20 year shelf life. Once activated, you get typical battery life.

    [finance.yahoo.com]
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment bselnick was starred bselnick was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton:

    If only some people would read the article.. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment I_have_something_to_say was starred I_have_something_to_say was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @bselnick: What the hell...Are my speaking Greek? What I said AGREES with what you said. Your explanation of there being a "mechanically actuated membrane that separates the electrolytes until needed" merely agrees with my less specific "they figured out some way". And my "....the battery doesn't LAST for 20 years of use" agrees with your "....what gives the battery a 20 year shelf life". #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @I_have_something_to_say: Read my response above. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Sadly, the ability to read does not confer comprehension, nor the ability to make inferences based on context clues. The upshot is that the rampant act-first-look-later conclusion-jumping (typically involving an egregious sens eof self-righteousness) gives us plenty of fodder for irony-based meta-llurgy with which to catch them at the bottom. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @met2art: Okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk then. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: "Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery" - My beef. In case any of you didn't implicitly understand that. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: that was a hilarious sequence of comments... you just made my day #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment uttc16 was starred uttc16 was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @uttc16: Thank you kind sir. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    That's a poor design, from an ergonomic, engineering, and cost perspective. And the flashlight doesn't stay on for 20 years, it just supposedly stays available for 20 years in case you want to use it. I'd much rather have a $5 motion-induction-recharged flashlight that will last 100 years... oh wait, I do. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    Porsche to economy: Screw you. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Scratic Scratic
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

    Sorry, I've resolved not to spend more than $70 on a flashlight unless it can cut off Ponda Baba's arm in a bar fight. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of OtisCabeal OtisCabeal
    11/12/09

    @Scratic: Its a more eligant flashlight for a more civilized age
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    I can not see any flashflight now without thinking its actually a Fleshlight. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/12/09

    @Curves: lol #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @Curves: You know, I thought the same damn thing when it came up on my screen... "20 year Porsche Fleshlight? Hmmm...*click*" Just imagine my disappointment. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of B-low B-low
    11/12/09

    @met2art: Imagine Mr Frucci's disappointment. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @B-low: Poor Frooch... enduring the endless Fleshlight jokes. I say bravo, to the bold Frucci, for having the courage to do that article, jokesters be damned! *bows head respectfully* #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09


    @met2art: Courage would be laying with this hot puppy. Incidentally also designed by Porsche.
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    Edited by B-low at 11/12/09 10:10 AM B-low was starred B-low was unstarred
    Image of bleek bleek
    11/12/09

    @B-low: He could cheat and insert a fleshlight into that hole :< #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09


    @B-low: Don't judge me!
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    Curves promoted this comment Edited by bleek at 11/12/09 10:23 AM bleek was starred bleek was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @bleek: I just snorted coffee out my nose after seeing that photochop. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @Curves: Hey, I tried. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @bleek: Yes, you did and it earned you a heart click. Well played, Sir. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @Curves: Well thank you miss, I'd tip my hat to you, but it would probably fall off and it's really hard to put on :< #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/22/09

    In reply to Lazy Porsche Demands Elevator Service
    After looking through big detailed pictures of this car, I can't learn to love it. The Maser Quattroporte is a much prettier four door exoticar, and BMW has the profile just right. This thing is like a squat Cayenne. Damn Porsche, why do you make me sad like this?
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    04/22/09

    In reply to Lazy Porsche Demands Elevator Service
    Why all the hassle?


    College pranksters used to do stuff like disassemble the dean's car and rebuild it in the dean's office all the time in the 1960's.



    Scientia Est Bonus - Emil Faber

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    04/22/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Sadly they applied that principle to the first form of transportation they wanted to try out on the 94th floor. The horse did not seem to be receptive to the idea. The re-assembly had a success rate equal to Senator John "Bluto" Blutarsky's GPA at Faber.
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    04/22/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: And while I applaud your use of Animal House, I think a better example might have been:



    Takashi, you know you're not supposed to park that on campus.


    Secretary Yu Zhengsheng's gonna hear all about this. You'll rue the day!

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    04/22/09

    In reply to Lazy Porsche Demands Elevator Service
    I bet that car dealer is really pissed he offered free delivery with the purchase of any new car. On the plus side, the guy bought the rust coating and the dealer floor mats.
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